Volume 5, Number 3

Civic Education and It’s Imperative towards Nation Building: The Nigerian Example

  Authors

Ibekwe¹, Sixtus Obioma¹ and Onyemegbulem², Brendan Chijindu², ¹University of Nigeria Nsukka, Nigeria, ²Imo State University Owerri, Nigeria

  Abstract

Most countries of the world today originated as a result of the activities of colonialists and imperialists who merged previously independent nations together for the sole reason of domination and exploitation. Following the end of colonial era and the resulting freedom of previously colonized people, many countries have been struggling to live together as the nation which their erstwhile colonial masters made them. This has often resulted to conflicts and crises, the worst of it being the Rwandan genocide of 1994. Due to these incidences, social researchers have intensified efforts in designing programs that will facilitate the very act of nation-building/or prevent a devastating effect that may result from a failure thereof. This paper, therefore, attempts to suggest Civic Education as one of the models that can help facilitate nation-building project especially in countries affected by the effects of colonization. The work employed the normative method of philosophy, while also not leaving behind the evaluative and analytical side of the method.

  Keywords

Civic, Education, Nation-building, Colonialism, Violence.